Statistics lie---Facts mislead

Case in point is the newspaper circulation numbers released the other day. Only the New York Times shows an increase, but..... their increase comes from out of town. Increasingly the NYT circulation is Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and most especially Washington D.C. where they can preach to their chior. Many have claimed that as much as half of the NYT circulation comes from outside of New York City. Several years ago the suits decided that the New York Times wasn't really New York but a "national" newspaper; which meant in layman's terms: screw New York. But in a city where the slogan is "fuck you just in case" New York has screwed back.

Another newspaper figure that is lying is the LA Times. They count all the free papers given out in the hotels and restaurants, the give away subscription lures that go on 24/7, and lately they have just been delivering papers to all doors and then calling on the phone to ask for money.

None of the circulation drops will force any of those Lefty bird cage liners to start telling the truth. They can't. They don't know how. Circulation will continue to fall until advertisers walk. Then it will be too late.